Matt Cardle

Matt Cardle catapulted onto the music scene in 2010 bringing with him an immediate status as one the UK’s best male vocal talents with a unique four-octave vocal range. Since then he has established himself as a multi-platinum selling recording artist and an award-winning West End actor.

Matt has released five studio albums to date; Letters (2011), The Fire (2012), Porcelain (2013), Time To Be Alive (2018) and The Great Escape (2026). Classic hits Amazing, Loving You (with Melanie C), Starlight and Run For Your Life have all helped clocked up over 22 million streams, alongside 2.3 million record sales. Debut solo single When We Collide spent three weeks at #1 and has sold over 1.1 million copies, with a Best British Single nomination at the 2011 BRIT Awards.

Southampton-born Matt has carved out a successful acting CV in London’s West End. He joined the cast of Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre) alongside Beverley Knight in 2015. Matt received the Best West End Debut Award for his show-stopping portrayal of Huey Calhoun. Matt returned to the stage in 2018, appearing as Wally Strand in Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre) and in 2019 he won rave reviews as Pontius Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican Theatre). Matt continued his acting journey in 2024 & 2025 playing the role of Shakespeare in the first-ever UK tour of & Juliet and is currently starring as Charlie Price in Kinky Boots at The London Coliseum.

Matt rose to fame sixteen years ago as the winner of The X Factor’s highest rating series ever in 2010. An audience of over 19.1 million watched Matt’s supercharged duet with international superstar Rihanna. The mesmerising performance has been viewed over 42 million times on YouTube.

In addition to his acclaimed output as a solo artist, Matt has released three albums as part of the bands Darwyn (2006) and Seven Summers (2010). Matt teamed up with Spice Girl Melanie C in 2013 for the infectious Top 10 duet Loving You. Matt frequently features as guest vocalist on tour with The Trevor Horn Band and was honoured to be asked to record an orchestral version of The Power Of Love for Trevor's ‘Reimagines The Eighties' album.